Data specific to Roses (Edit)
Bloom size: Large: 4-5"
Petal count: full: 26-40 petals
Rose bloom color: Mauve and mauve blend
Extra Bloom Info: In clusters
Rebloom: Good
Class: Floribunda
Extra Color Info: Mauve blend
Growth Habit: Medium, 3-4 feet, bushy
Fragrance: Strong
Hybridizer & year: Reimer Kordes, 1985
Optimal growing zones: USDA zone 7 and warmer

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Soil pH Preferences: Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Plant Height: 3-4 feet
Plant Spread: 2-3 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Mauve
Flower Time: Spring
Summer
Fall
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Tip
Miscellaneous: With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth
Parentage: (Zorina x unnamed seedling) x Silver Star 1966
Child plants: 9 child plants

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Alternative cultivar names:
  • 'Shocking Blue'
  • 'KORblue'

Common names
  • Floribunda Rose
  • Rose

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Location: South Australia
Date: 2013-12-21
Location: South Australia
Date: 2013-10-30

Date: 2019-06-19

Date: 2019-06-19
Location: South Australia
Date: 2012-12-31
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: Sep 22, 2011 8:00 PM
Location: Varanasi, India
Date: 18 Feb 2017
Sunny, warm morning
Location: Varanasi, India
Date: 18 Feb 2017

At Regans nursery

photo credit: Roland zh
Uploaded by zuzu
Comments:
  • Posted by zuzu (Northern California - Zone 9a) on Sep 29, 2011 4:59 PM concerning plant:
    The name of this rose is such a misnomer. It's rarely blue, and certainly never shocking, but once in a while it produces a few blooms with definitely bluish shading.
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